The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-09
TIE STATE.

fully in Corinth. ''e suoeess
A large VEN OF pure Aspbsl,
discovered near Shubuta. -' mas been
Miss Davis, elocutionist At FIR,
has LETT Tor her home in Yirpini, ID Z
The Aberdeen Creamery ~
ma sel1ei'' re-opened yesterday.
Brandon has literary society 49,.
wants a base ball and bicycle clob 1aa nos
The publication day Of the Cl.rc
Leader has been changed from T5,-SO4S laty
Friday. 11'saayt 20
Mr.. Farrar Morrison. respa,,.I -.
OF this county, died At his nome rs.y s's.len
mond last Wednesday. near Rag
Judge J. NJ. Ellis, formerly g, ,..
citizen OF Jefferson county. died o =.
sons, Kansas, last week. a. fR-
The Greenyille Oil Mills are +, s.,,..
the Oil Trust Company. '''' VIA
After the Y. NJ. c. A. Conven,i,r -,..
meets IN Columbus this month NJ SS1!1a
son, the celebrated reyivalist Will ss'-
series Of meetings there. "'il
d The Yocona Mills, near Tsts- v,
eclared dividend of seventeen r'. 1le&
last year on its capital stock. ~ Gen.
The Gilmer Hotel, at Colpmbr.
dergoing repairs, and being Thor, : Va
oyerhauied and reiurnished. sl!
Miss Emily Ward, OF Macon. b..
promoted 10 thousand dollar cI..L zen
IN the patent office at Washington
Fine tobacco seed is being plsr,.s
this State. This would be paving ~. "a
II cultivated properly and to any eTts lug
A brakeman of the L. & \. road NO,
kornlker, fell between moving car. - :. ~
loxi last Friday, and was Instantly E + o.
Mr.. Henry Tillotsou was killed roo.-.,
at hayes Station, by Mr.. Arkwrigbt ~
hngsworth. Domestic trouble ca9sej ~,
fatal affair Ae
Ellisville is varying the boom .rs
Ject, and instead Of iron ore, Is b,orir,
the vast lumber resources of that r.o-,,s
OF the State. t''''0n
The popular Governor OF Tenra....
Robert L. Taylor, has accepted an i,...7'
ton 10 deliver the annual address af Wt;.
worth College in June. W. ''
The flow of water from the srtss;.,.-.,,
at Pass Christian, Is four tboussrt ~, -
hundred gallons an hour. Wgfsr 'ao
struck IN this we'll at a depth Of four I've.
bred and seventy feet. '''
| Col. John o. Elder, who has bee, .c...
ed on the portrait OF jefferson DsVi, ;,
beauyolr, has completed it. and will ~
play that and his sketches Of Basuvoir :,
New Orleans Tor lew DAYS.
Two negroes, Thomas and I.ro,, NJ,
were lyncned at Sidon last TUESDAY ME-
Tor the crime OF burning three ON ba7s,'
OF Mr.. ii. b. Prince, with one bnnj-.4
bales OF cotton and a great quantity If
seed. Vi
Practical joking, in the shape Of In.
drawn across the streets in Vicksbur, Is.,
week, resulted IN tripping up a large 5no,.
Der oil people, and severely injurIng TOO
men. Such performances should h. ston.
ped by the autho tiles.
The many friends OF Whitwortb Collare
will be glad 10 know that public Com.
mencement Exercises will be resumed
: there IN June, and this Commencement
promises 10 outshine even the most bril-
liant OF the past.
The trustees of the Presbvterial school
at French Camp will meet at French Ctmp
on Tuesday, April s. on the day before
Presoytery convenes at same place The
attendance OF every member OF the Bosrd
Is particularly desired at this meeting.
The college Echo" will soon be issued
by the girls OF the Industrial Institute and
College, and those VINO desire advertise.
ments or wish to subscribe to IT, are re.
quested to forward their names with
money, Immediately 20 the mistress Of
printing, Miss Canes, at the College.
In Alabama and Mississippi at present
no we'll regulated family can afford to be
without its bed OF iron ore. Pillars Of
gold and springs OF sapphire will be neces-
sary after awhile. A good old fashioned
cotton mattress would be better in most
cases.-Memphis Avalanche.
The meanest man has Just been found.
He lives on the Mississippi Valley rail-
road and places salt on the rails Of that
road, 80 that his scrub stock, in coming
up to the track to lick the salt, would be
killed by passing trains, for which he
would receive damages from the company
-Ex.
An Aud Lang Syne" entertainment
was given in Columbus last week by Dr.
and Mrs. Hardy in honor OF their mother
Mrs. Bib, OF Atlanta The invitations
Were very quaint, being printed in "old
| English" on ''time-worn, discolored pa
per-" and the ladies present were all at
| tired In kerchiefs, caps and aprons OF our
great-grandmother day.
The Dialectic Society of the IL sc.
expected quite al exciting time at their
meeting Saturday night. The subject Of
the debate was: Resolved, ''Ihat beauty is
a more powerful weapon in the hand OF
woman than wit" The committee on
program put two Columbus girls against
two jackson girls, and the contest prom-
Ised to be both interesting and exciting.
We haven't heard the result.
The Young Mems Christian Association
OF Mississippi, will hold a State Conyen-
ton and Training School Tor Christian
Workers al Columbus, beginning Friday
night, March D. and ending Thursday
night, March 81. Prominent speakers are
being engaged, but a large share Of the time
will be reserved for discussions, questions
and answers by the delegates, All who ey-
pect 10 attend should at once notify Mr.,
Geo. ii. Lipscomb, OF Columbus.
The distressing intelligence comes to us
in private letter that Miss Nora Thomp-
son, daughter OF Capt j. A. Thompson,
ex-sherif OF Lee county, committed SUI
eide on the 3rd inst, by shooting herself
with pistol. She vas about seventeen
years OF age, The afflicted family have
the hearty sympathy OF their many friends
in this sudden and terrible calamity
that has visited their heretofore happy
home.
Three Of the most popular men empIov-
ed on the v a. NJ. road We're suspended or
dismissed last week, for alleged neglect of
duty. They failed to report to Sunerinte,,3
ent Clark the attempt made to wreck tho
train near Clinton last Wednesday nigh
As the attempt was frustrated. the mon
considered it Of no Importance. and ala
not report. In consequence. conductor
Teate, OF the mail train has been snsDand-
ed from duty for twenty days, and Mr..
Eugene Page, station agent at Clinton. and
section master Diggs, foreman Of the crew
who discovered the attempt az wrecking.
have been dismissed from service.
Spring is here in good earnest, and the
best evidence Of its advent is found in the
garden, where girls, vegetables and spring
poetry all flourish Here comes A rhyme
wrung from toiling student, BY the sight
OF the gay party Of horsemen who passed
one evening this week:
"Tbe sons Of leisure 90 riding bv.
while the daughters Of toll hoe dig and ska
Some OF the piats are already in good
shape, and have quite a show Of green, es-
pecially those fortunate 10 share the
plants sent from the A. 4 VI. College
|. |. q G. odds and Ends"
"Ivy Oak, !" in her Pass Christian Rsaoon
Chat" last week, gives some pretty
stright talk to the men, and in her remarks
TO the girls, speaks as follows. And,
girls, when you get married and get some
one with temper, and you don't want to
see the air full Of blue smoke and sui
Phur smell, always have these meals on
time. II you make pies and they get
called sole-leather, be good-natured, and
remember that the way to your lords